This is an introduction to the history of literary theory in the western tradition, with a survey of major currents and approaches (Russian formalism, structuralism, New criticism, reception theories ... [more ▼]

This is an introduction to the history of literary theory in the western tradition, with a survey of major currents and approaches (Russian formalism, structuralism, New criticism, reception theories, poststructuralism, psychoanalytic criticism). [less ▲]

This article criticizes the widespread belief in the 'death of the author' and the 'end of the subject', and asks what kind of 'postpostmodern' view of the subject can replace this belief. In order to do ... [more ▼]

This article criticizes the widespread belief in the 'death of the author' and the 'end of the subject', and asks what kind of 'postpostmodern' view of the subject can replace this belief. In order to do so, it draws on the writings of Slavoj Zizek. [less ▲]

Book published by Digitale Bibliotheek der Nederlandse Letteren (2009)

This study begins by giving a detailed account of the poststructuralist rereading by Jean-François Lyotard of Immanuel Kant's writings on the sublime. The aesthetic of the sublime is, according to Lyotard ... [more ▼]

This study begins by giving a detailed account of the poststructuralist rereading by Jean-François Lyotard of Immanuel Kant's writings on the sublime. The aesthetic of the sublime is, according to Lyotard, the secret motive of avant-garde art and literature. This hypothesis is confronted with the work of the Flemish avant-garde writer Paul van Ostaijen. The resulting interpretations shed new light on this crucial oeuvre. [less ▲]

The poetry book Dorp zonder ouders by the Flemish catholic priest Anton van Wilderode was fiercely duscussed by leftist literary critics. Some of them rejected the book outright, others expressed their ... [more ▼]

The poetry book Dorp zonder ouders by the Flemish catholic priest Anton van Wilderode was fiercely duscussed by leftist literary critics. Some of them rejected the book outright, others expressed their admiration, while distancing themselves from the author's ideological position. The present book chapter claims that these mixed reactions are at least partly elicited by the author's own agency, more specifically by his rigid and self-destructive defence of inadmissible reactionary views. [less ▲]

Literary prizes are an increasingly important tool for the construction of literature, in an era where more traditional literary institutions are subject to erosion. In contributing to constructing ... [more ▼]

Literary prizes are an increasingly important tool for the construction of literature, in an era where more traditional literary institutions are subject to erosion. In contributing to constructing literature, they relieve the public of the anxiety it feels when it is confronted with the pluriformity of the literary 'Real', by choosing 'for it'. [less ▲]

The work of Tamara Van San can be constructed as a return to pre-conceptual times, when artists like Kandinsky believed it was possible to create 'objective correlatives' and, consequently, aesthetic ... [more ▼]

The work of Tamara Van San can be constructed as a return to pre-conceptual times, when artists like Kandinsky believed it was possible to create 'objective correlatives' and, consequently, aesthetic communities. But it can also be linked to the tradition of the uncanny (das Unheimliche), as it alludes to an 'inner side' that usually remains out of sight. [less ▲]

The meaning and significance of art are not inherent but attributed. Of course, this also holds true for the work of Tamara Van San. The present volumed can be considered to offer a few initial proposals ... [more ▼]

The meaning and significance of art are not inherent but attributed. Of course, this also holds true for the work of Tamara Van San. The present volumed can be considered to offer a few initial proposals for 'reading' this budding work. [less ▲]

This article examines the claims by the editors of the poetry anthology Hotel New Flandres that their selection is based upon 'objective' criteria. In reality, the criteria that are used are contradictory ... [more ▼]

This article examines the claims by the editors of the poetry anthology Hotel New Flandres that their selection is based upon 'objective' criteria. In reality, the criteria that are used are contradictory and mutually incompatible, and the way in which they are applied does not do justice to the corpus. [less ▲]